Every rain season brings agony to residents of low income areas built in designated flood plains Kampala, Uganda | EVELYN AINEMBABAZI | Kampala City, Uganda’s capital district on the edge of Lake Victoria, is a place of high hills, low vales, and rain storms that result in regular floods. To …
Read More »UNRA on the spot for channeling drainage into resident’s homes
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Igabiro cell in Mwanjari ward, Southern division, Kabale municipality are up arms against Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA and Kabale Municipal Council for constructing a drainage channel that pours water into their premises. The aggrieved residents have petitioned Kabale Resident District Commissioner-RDC, saying that …
Read More »KCCA needs 178 billion shillings to expand Nakivubo channel
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA needs over Shillings 178.9 billion to expand Nakivubo channel, which is the major drainage of stormwater from the Kampala central business district. A report by the KCCA Executive secretariat shows that the Authority completed detailed designs for the works but lacks …
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